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Mystery Image Insertion Using Attribute in Structured Element
I'm working in FM10 on Windows XP Pro. However, the templates at the corporation where I'm currently contracting have been developed over the years, since FM 7 or 8, with different authors and...
View ArticleDifferent Indentation of Tables
Hi All,I noticed a weird behavior of tables in our DITA topics. All tables are supposed to have a left indentation. If a table is preceded with a paragraph, then the table appears with the indentation....
View ArticleTable format problem - Please help
Here is what I am trying to do: I have a set of documents in xml fomrat following the docbook standard. In these documents there are too types of table. The standard table with its element tag TABLE...
View ArticleExporting Paragraph Catalog to EDD
Hello everyone and thanks in advance for any help. I'm currently working on importing XML into Framemaker. I'm fairly new to Framemaker but after reading the technical paper on XSLT and structured...
View ArticleMaking a valid XML DTD out of a more general EDD?
I have a very well-made EDD that is used for many manuals. It is somewhat largish (45 pages in 9pt Verdana) but it is very flexible and appropriate for many types of documents. It was not made with xml...
View ArticleImporting element definition from an EDD into a template - does not work
FM 10.0.1 German on Windows XP SP3. When importing the element definitions from an existing EDD into an existing template, FrameMaker converts the template into a new EDD.So the element definitions...
View ArticleCan an EDD be devolped for an entire .FM book?
Can and should an EDD be developed for an entire FrameMaker book or should a seperate EDD be developed for the different sections within a book? A title, chapter, glossary, appendicies, and index all...
View ArticleBook Chapters not renumbering
HELP...FrameMaker (Structured v.7.2p158) I copied some unstructured files to a new folder, used the conversion table to add structure...deleted and readded the files to the book file and it won't...
View ArticleCross-reference ID
Hi there,I have internal cross-references between elements of the document as well as external references to elements of other documents. The external references working fine, but when I open a...
View ArticleFM10: FM Log Console, how to turn it off?
Hello The FM Log Console started appearing in FM10 on Win XP. I've never seen it before, ever! Did I somehow enable some kind of debugging mode? the message says: Id tb_structured is already in Use,...
View ArticleWorkaround for ]]> XML export bug with schema?
Hi, It is a known issue that the ]]> sequence will not export properly to XML. If you are using a DTD, there is an entity-based workaround that is described here:...
View ArticleUndo Command not working in FrameMaker 10 - how do I enable it?
The Undo command and Redo command are not working in the FrameMaker 10 book I am working on. I am running FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7. I'm working on a Structured DITA FM document. Undo works in my...
View ArticleTable format problem - Please help
Here is what I am trying to do: I have a set of documents in xml fomrat following the docbook standard. In these documents there are too types of table. The standard table with its element tag TABLE...
View ArticleImport graphic file by reference vs copy into document
Is there any way to determine which files have graphics imported by reference vs copy into document? I have MANY MANY files that I ALWAYS want to have the graphics copied to document becauseI tend to...
View ArticleHow to convert existing FM to DITA 1.2? Any documentation?
I watched a webinar posted on the adobe website called "How to Optimize content for smooth migration into XML/DITA" and in the conversion, it showed an element called dita (root) and elements called...
View ArticleCan FrameMaker 10 and/or 11 *output* raw SGML data?
Our group has a requirement from the government to output SGML data. Right now, the group from whom we're inheriting data are using UltraEdit to write the text, Arbortext to tag the documents as SGML,...
View ArticleCross-reference ID
Hi there,I have internal cross-references between elements of the document as well as external references to elements of other documents. The external references working fine, but when I open a...
View ArticleFrameMaker 12 issue: copying inline element also copies paragraph style
When I copy an inline element then sometimes the paragraph style is copied as well. The happens frequently when I copy a cross-reference. If the source context is a list then the target paragraph is...
View Articlehow to handle DITA xrefs
Something amazing has happened. After countless attempts to get a toehold on the glassy wall of structured Frame, I've suddenly managed to run up it as far as writing my first EDD – it works, it...
View ArticleHow do I convert hypertext links to DITA?
FM 11 checked into Vasont and then turned into a PDF via the DITA OT We are using a combination of conversion tables and a few scripts to convert our legacy documentation to DITA. In some books we have...
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